HIP HOP

Take a walk around the city of Kansas City and you will quickly realize there is a shift in culture at the moment. A musical renaissance is in progress with talented artists coming out the woodworks and 17 year old Zarin Micheal is the latest to arise. After releasing his debut single entitled Best Friend produced […]

Nineteen-year-old artist ‘shaad. just released the sixth installment in his series of drops, titled Revolution. After hearing his October release Mortal., we at Cut x Sewn Magazine knew that this was an artist we had to keep on our radar. Revolution. picks up where drop five, N. left off, with ‘shaad. becoming a one-man army and taking the battle against […]

Soundcloud has always been an outlet for upcoming artists to showcase their work. Unfortunately, with any site that allows user-submitted content, you have to put yourself through some of the most mediocre music you’ll ever hear in your life to really get to the good stuff. On the plus side, it makes it that much […]

Like many great art forms, Hip Hop is a genre that runs on influence. For example. Hip Hop wasn’t popular until Wonder Mike of The Sugarhill Gang dropped those classic lyrics onto us in the 70s. You know what I mean, “I said a hip hop, the hippie the hippie to the hip hop and you […]

Last week, we were sent something by a young artist by the name of K.A.A.N. Hailing from the DMV, the rapper released a track entitled Concealed, the outro to his March 2015 mixtape Abstract Art. Needless to say, we were speechless. You can stream the song above and watch the music video below.

After a five year hiatus, the Black Eyed Peas have returned for their 20th anniversary. Back in the 90s when BEP originally started as a three-man group with Will.I.Am, apl.de.ap and Tabbo, their sound carried a raw hip-hop sound. Of course, that raw hip-hop turned into funky, futuristic pop when Fergie joined the group in 2002. This […]

The death of genre is approaching us. If you haven’t noticed this yet, perhaps this editorial will help open your eyes a little. Over the past few years, music as an art form has continually broken down the barriers that were previously in place. When you listen to music now, it is becoming easy to see […]

Remember “Worldwide Choppers”? That fire track by fast-spitting rapper Tech N9ne which featured rapid-fire rap artists from around the world, including Turkish rapper Ceza, Danish rapper U$o, and our very own Busta Rhymes, Yelawolf, D-Lock, JL B-Hood, Twisted Insane, and Twista. Yeah, all that fire in one song… you bet it was a banger. Fast forward almost 4 […]

Compl3xx (@ComPL3xX) is a young artist and good friend of mine hailing out of FL. I stumbled across his music one day on Soundcloud and absolutely loved it. Ever since, we have kept close ties and I recently got to sit down with him and dig into who he is as an artist, his upcoming […]

Soulful. Soulful and melodic. Those are the first things that hit me off the bat with Seattle native Raz Simone’s latest EP Baby Jesus, which he dropped last week on April 7th. This EP is 7 strong tracks straight from the heart. I was entertained and on board the whole way thru, not one track is weak […]

Noble gives us an interesting debut to who he is and his craft… Some of the themes brought up are very true and can strike the interests of many — personal growth, the system, being positive, etc. So, you are a senior (usually in high school) and at this point fucking done with school right? Not […]

DREXON FARGO (@DREXONFARGO), an aspiring rap artist from Maryland, is making his come-up, and he is making it known to all. I had a long discussion with the young artist about his take on music, his upcoming project, and his legendary encounter with one of his biggest inspirations, Travi$ Scott. Read the interview with DREXON FARGO below […]

Rappers are flooding the scene. Although a majority of the folk who call themselves “rappers” aren’t really… well, rappers; there is still a majority who have the right to give themselves the title. For example, NY-born recording artist, Noble, is a fine example of 100% rapper. As a matter of fact, he is also a great […]

After almost 3 years, the King will return. On March 6th, Kendrick Lamar tweeted a smarturl link that directs users to iTunes… More specifically, to an iTunes page that will allow folk to pre-order Kendrick Lamar’s new album, which is untitled (literally, it’s called [Untitled]), and will be released on March 23, 2015. The album […]